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Senator Gray Finally Goneenfsto
Become a Member
HAS GENERAL APPROVAL
His Declination to Serve Reconsidcred on
the Presidents Request. Culnmissioners
to Meet in Washington to Receive In.
otructions. Mr. Gray will Retire from
the Anglo—American Commission.
Washington, Sept. 10.—-It is officially ‘
announced that Senator Gray of Dela-
ware had been selected by the presi-
dent as the fifth member of the Paris
Peace commission. This completes the
personnel of the commission. which is
as follows: ‘Secretary of State Day,
Senators Davis, Frye and Gray and
Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York
Tribune. In selecting Se'nator Gray,
the president has given Democratic
representation on the commission. The
appointment probably will necessitate
the retirement of Mr. Gray from the
Anglo-American commission, which is
conducting its sessions in Quebec. as
this commission will resume its work
about the time the peace commission—
ers sail for Paris.
. '. he position was offered to Senator
G1 .lY several days ago, but at that time
was declined. The president. however.
further urged Mr. Gray to accept, and
his final agreement was secured yes-
terday. On foreign questions, Mr. Gray
has generally been regarded as 0p—
posed to expansion, his Senate votes
having been against the annexation of
Hawaii. ‘
Now that the commission is complete
it is expected that the American case
will be made up, and the commission
be given its final instruction. The com-
missioners will meet here about Sep—
tember '15, prior-to sailing‘for Paris. at
. which time they will meet the president
and be made aware in; a. general way
of the views of the administration.
The announcement of Senajor Gray's
banish—fags made Soon after. the cabinet
met. Actln‘gSecretary Moore wascal-
ledto the White House during the
mung-and the finald clwgwas then
unndun'ced. Senator A lison and‘other
public men who were at the White
House at the time expressed strong ap-
proval of the selection. ,. J
Senator Gray is one of, the best
know; men in public life, having been
a prominent figure in the Senate for
thelast twelveyears. He was born at
mascapelaware, in 1840, and‘was
graduated from Princeton. He served
a attorney general of Delaware and
a5flr‘appo'inted. to the . Senate when
Thomas F. Bayard entered the first
Cleveland cabinet as secretary of state.
Mr. Gray has been in the Senate con-
tinuously since then, serving with dis-
tinction, being one of the recognized
forces in debate and in' the shaping of
Important legislation. He is a. mem-
ber of the Senate committee on foreign
relations, thus making three members
of that committee Senators Davis, Frye
End Graylgn‘tihmace commission.
GEN. SHAFTER’S MOVEMENTS.
A Report. that He In H) Return to El
Command on the Pacific Coast.
Washington, Sept. 10.»Gen. Shatter
has expressed his wish to the secretary
of war that when the department com-
manders are sent to posts, he would
prefer to have his old command, the
department of California.
It is probable that it will be given
him, but such action will be a long
time in the future, as the organization
of the army upon its-old basis is not
likely to take place for some time.
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San Francisco,
has the following:
General Shafter is expected in San
Francisco in about two weeks. He has
applied to be assigned to his old com-
mand, the department of California,
and it is generally expected that his re»
quest will be granted. In that event,
Colonel Babcock, now on his way to
San Francisco from Manila, will be
made adjutant general, having filled
this place under General Shafter’s pre-
vious administration of this depart-
ment.
Colored Troops for the Phllippinvs.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 10.——Colored troops.
are to be sent to the Philippine islands.
Information to that effect has been re-
ceived here from Camp Corbin, where
there are several hundred negro vol-
unteers from Virginia. They compose
the infantry branch and are very well
drilled and equipped.
They are to do garrison duty around
Manila, and it is said will sail soon.
The troops have received orders to go
to Knoxville, where it Is presumed they
will take trains for the Pacific coast
and embark at San Francisco.
Sternberg Consulted by thé President.
Washington, Sept. 10.—One of the
first callers the president had. yester-
day was Surgeon General Sternberg of
the army. It was understood that the
visit of General Sternberg had some
relation to the proposed commission
to investigate the war department.
Some prominent surgeon is expected
to be a member of the commission, and
the surgeon general was called in con-
sultation as to some man especially
fitted for the duty.
Stringent Measures for Crete.
Canea, Island of Crete, Sept. 10.—
The admirals of the foreign powers.
replying to the protests of the Cretan
executive committee against the re-
cent massacres, have declared that they
will recommend that their respective
governments solve the question defi-
nitely by the removal of the Turkish f
troops from the Island of Crete, and
the appointment of a governor to be
selected by the powers.
Ex-Sccretary Bayard Weaker
Dedham, Mass, Sept. lit—Thomas F.
Bayard was very week this morning.
but there was no other change from
his previous condition, which was not =
nearly so favorable as that of twenty-
four hours ago. ’
Mr. Bayard’s physician reported his
condition still unchanged this after-
. noon. He is taking very little nourish-
meat. ’ "
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A Brief Talk with the President Just Be-
fore the Cabinet Meeting.
. Washington, Sept. 10.—-Gen. Mfles,
accompanied by Colonel Michler of his
staff, called at the White House just
terday. . .
The general wore fatigue uniform,
showing the two-star red eqaulettes
of a major general. At thte time of
his arrival the president was conferring
with Judge Harlan, Senator Allison,
and other callers. '
General Miles
were shown into the cabinet ante-
room, and there the president joined
them, excusing himself from the other
callrs. .
The meeting between the president
and commanding general was compar-
atiyely brief, lasting about five min-
utes, as the cabinet meeting was
about to begin. It was not in the na-
ture of a conference, during which
questions relating tor-the war were dis-
cussed, but was that formal call of
respect usual on the return of a. high
official.
tended discussion of war affairs doubt-
less will come later, although it was
said after the call thatno exact time
had been fixed for' a further meeting.
General Miles had nothing to say
before or after the call. He was greet-
ed with a round of applause as he left
the White House, pushing his way
through the dense crowd awaiting the
review of returning District of Colum-
bia troops.
Before going to" the White House
General Miles came to the war depart-
ment, at ten o'clock, and after spend-
ing a short time in his room at army
headquarters went to the office of the
secretary of war. Acting Secretary
Meikeljohn was at the desk of Secre-
tary 'Alger and was talking with G0"-
ernor Atkinson of Georgia and Adju-
tant General Corbin, when General
Miles entered.
The latter was accompanied by a
member of. his staff. After shaking
hands Mr. Meikeljohn and General
Miles chatted for some time on general
topics of the campaign iii Porto Rico
and the return trip of the commanding
general. Soon afterwards Gen. Miles
left tthe department and went to the
White House.
NEWS. FROM MANILA.
SwordRoturned to a Spanish Commando-r
By Captain 1) . . ‘ ‘
Manila, Sept. 9.——The trouble
by the men who went out on strike in
this city on account of an attempt to
return to an equitable basis for the
payment of labor, after the American
authorities in the early exigencies of
the situation here had agreed to the
extravagant demands of the laborers,
are disappearing. . ,
It has become necessary to employ
soldiers to take the strikers’ places in
some cases, while in others the mat‘-‘
ter has been compromised. One of
those strikes, as cabled on September
5. caused the suspension of traffic on
the horse car lines of Manila, but they
resumed operations to-day.
The recruiting agents. of the insur-
gents are causing further trouble. They-
. have been impressing the employee of
foreign residents, including those-"of
the British consul, and several of the
foreigners have complained that the
native grooms are taking their em-
ployers‘ horses and jolning the insur-
gents.
The American army chaplains have
instituted Protestant services in pri-
vate buildings. Such services have
never previously been held in the his-
tory of the Philippine islands.
The United States consul here, O..F.
Williams, on behalf of Captain N.
Mayo Dyer. of the United States crui-
ser Baltimore, has returned to Gen-
eral Miranda the sword which the.
latter surrendered to the American of-
ficer at the capture of Corregldor is-
land, at the entrance of the bay of
Manila. ““m‘Nn-r
. The general replied that he was
lerwhelmed by the generosity of C
. tain Dyer.
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To Mirclrn‘oney.
New York, Sept; 9-.—+According to a
speciai'dispatcha received in Wall street
‘ Secretary Gage will‘fre'commend in his
annual report‘the'repeal of some of the
sections of the warltarlff for the pur-
‘pose of lessening" the revenue.
The cause for this-is the money strin-
gency which results from the heavy
drain of money from the people and
the banks to the treasury.
In the meantime the secretary is
making every effort to pay out —as much
money as possible to the banks as an
offset to the government’s heavy re—
ceipts. .
One of the propositions now under
consideration is the redemption of $25.-
ooo,ooo of 4 1-2 «per cent. bonds, which
were extended at 2 per cent.
'Jihese bonds can be called in by the
secretary without the necessity of
congressional action.
The treasury department has already
relieved the money situation in a mea-
sure by anticipating the October inter-
est on bonds, and by calling in for re-
demption $14,000,000 of the. currency
sixes.
This will put in circulation about
$20,000,000 which would otherwise have
remained in the treasury.
Battleships Contracts.
Washington, Sept. 10.—The navy dc-
partment will make during'the next
few days, awards of contracts for bat-
tleships, torpedo boats and destroyers.
The Cramps, the Newport News Com-
pany and the Union Iron Works will
each build a ship on plans adopted by
the department, contemplating a ship
sixteen feet longer than that called for
‘ by department specifications, of 16,000
~ horse power and 12,500 tons displace-
' ment.
Passenger Rates from Buffalo Cut.
. Shore Railroad announced a $10 rate to
. New York and return, and the Erie,
Lehigh and Lackawa‘nna immediately
{met the cut. Previously the fare on
- any of these four roads was $16. the
Lehlgh charging $17 for passengers
choosing to go on the Black Diamond
express. J
Soldiers Remains to Be Sent Home.
Washingtonisept. 10.—Before leav-
, lng Washington Secretary Alger direc-
'} - ted that an order be issued that instead
I of the regular 'allowance of $1 for the
; burial of a soldier, that 835 should be
. allowed and the remains transported
‘1 home at the government’s expense.
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before the cabinet meeting began yes-,
and ' Colonel Michler '
The conference for more ex« ”
caused. ,
Buffalo, Sept. 10.--Yesterday the West.
'SILVELA'S ATTITUDE.
Accused of a Desire to Become Dictator
' - of Spain.I ' =4::..._.
Madrid, Sept. 10.-—The following
statement has been made by an impor-
tant Spanish official:
’tion of the Conservative party) refuses
the government the support of his par-
ty, although he is fully aware of the
difficulties of the situation. He is
doubtless prompted by the desire to
obtain power. We will do all in our
power to realize his desire with short
delay. The country will then soon see
how soon the man, who is now posing
as a Liberal, will be transferred into
a despotic dictator." -
The Liberal again makes the asser-
tion that Premier Sagasta will resign
as soon as the Chamber adopts the
peace bill. '
General Polavieja has handed a copy
of his manifesto" to the reporters, but
the censor forbids its publication. He
also forbids its transmission by tele-
graph. It is probable that the general
will attempt to read it to-day in the
Cortes, and it is certain that if he.
does so attempt the government will
stop him and insist upon a secret ses-
sion.
The Republican, C-arlist and Dissi—
dent Conservative deputies, at their re-
sumed meeting yesterday, decided to
continue their abstention from the
Chamber, to act together as long as
necessary and to issue a manifesto
to the country, which was drafted and
signed at the meeting.
The cabinet council yesterday was
occupied with the attitude of these
parties. The ministry decided to con-
tinue the secret sessions.
The council drafted and forwarded
instructions to General Rios, in the
Philippines for the administration of
the Visayas and of Mindanao.
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GRAND ARMY ELECTION.
All the Officers for 1898 Chosen at the
Emcampment at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 10.—The Grand
Army encampment opened yesterday
with a small attendance and proceeded
to finish the election of officers. The
following were elected by acclama-
’tlon: ' -.
Senior'Vic‘e Commander-ln-Chief—VV.
C. Johnson of Cincinnati.
Surgeon General—Dr. Pierce of Ne-
ibraska. 4‘ '
Chaplain-infillief—TColonel. Lucas.- of
- Indianapolis. .
A delegation from the" National As-
ésociationof- Army Nurses presented
letters of greeting. The reports of com-
mittees-Were then made and adopted.
The friends of Colonel James-A. Sex-
ton of Chicago are celebrating his elec-
tion as ' commander-in-chief. There
was no unusual feelin-gvbetweer‘i the de-
partments, of « Illinois .and New York,
but there was certainly not much
brotherly love between the departments
of New'York and Pennsylvania. Those
two states, never voted on the. same
sideof any ballot.
‘l‘he ~Quarantlno Against Key West Ballad
Washington, Sept. 10.—Advices re—
ceived by Surgeon - General Wyman
yesterday from the state health oflicer
of Florida are that thte quarantine
against .Key (West has been raised. The
disease prevailing» there has been ascer-
tained to be dengue, and not yellow fe-
ver .as was at first feared. .
Other information regardingthe yel-
low fever in the South shows the sit-
ing. So' far as known here no fatali-
ties have taken place among the cases
brought to Dry Tortugas on a steamer
which arrived there recently.
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TRADE WITH BRITAIN. _‘ i
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Our Exports to the United Kingdom Ex-
" ceedlng Our Imports. .. ~
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Washington, Sept. 10.-—The fact that
'British imports into the United States
have fallen off greatly in the past year
'while American exports to Great Bri-
tain have greatly increased, has been
announced from time to time during
the year, but the full figures, just pre-
sented by thte treasury bureau of sta-
tistics, bring to the surface some in-
teresting details not heretofore ,pub-
lished.
These show that while the exports
from the United States to tthe United
Kingdom have increased 12 per cent.,
the imports from the United Kingddm
have fallen off 35 per cent.
The exports from the United States
to thte United Kingdom during the
past year were in round numbers five
times as much as the imports from
the United Kingdom, the figures of the
bureau of statistics being:
imports from‘ the United Kingdom,
$109,138,365: exports to the United
Kingdom, $540,860,152.
The details of the reduction in our
Imports and increase in exports in our
commerce with the United Kingdom
are shown in some figures reproduced
by the treasury bureau of statistics
from the “Official reports of trade and
navigation of the United Kingdom,
which show the exports of principal ar-
ticles from the United Kingdom to the
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United States, and her imports of
principal articles from the United
States in the year ending June 30,
1898. compared with those of 1897 and
1836.
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$2,060,000 ctr a M‘ine. ,
Butte, Sept. 10.—-Two million dollars
for the purchase of the Center Star
mine in Rossland, B. C., has been de-
posited with Cashier T. M. Hodgens
of the State Savings Bank here.
The; purchasers are an English syn-
dicate, of which Sir Charles Ross, now
in New York, is the head. The stock-
holders who sell out are principally
Butte people.
Greenloaf Coming to Mnntauk.
Washington, Sept. 10.—Assistant Sur-
geon General C. R. Greenleaf of the
army, who has been with General
Miles in Porto Rico, left last night for
Montauk Point. He will take charge
of the transportation of sick and woun-
ded from Camp Wikoff to bagpitals in
New York city and elsewhere. . The
transfer will take place at once.
Marblehead Bank from Guantanamo.
Highland Light, Mass, Sépt. 10.--The
United States cruiser Marblehead pas-
used here at ten o‘clock bound for 305.
ton yesterday, from Guantanamo bay,
Cuba. .
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“Senor Silvela (the leader of a sec- '
, Junior = Vice Commander-in-Chlef—
EDavid Ross of Delaware.
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' SEO. ALGER REQUESTS ONE
4 an inquiry, each assuring himself that
retired, is spoken of as the officer most
likely to be selected as a. military mem-
‘to accept places upon the commission.
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Indioation thatit Will Be Ordered
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By the President.
The Bureau Chiefs Expecting to Be Vin- .
dicated. Difficulty of the Investigation.
Hope that Reforms in the Service will
Result. The Task will Be a FormidabhI
One. ‘
washington, Sept. 10.—Sccretary Al-
ger's request for an investigation of
army affairs during'the war is likely
to be complied with, though it is not
true that the president has yet indi~
cated his decision in the matter. There
have been signs of a purpose in this
direction, and the quartermaster gen-
eral, surgeon general and commissarv
general, upon whom the greatest
blame hastfallen, have been anxious for
he will emerge vindicated.
These bureau chiefs have urged the
secretary to appoint-boards of inquiry,
and General Sternberg, against whom
the attacks have been especially vio-
lent, has been particularly desirous of
an investigation of his corps and his
methods.
The task before the commission
which will be assigned to investigate
the war department and army affairs
is a formidable one. Nothing quite so
gigantic has been presented to a com-
mission, and there are those in the war
department who have faint hopes that
the inquirers will be able to reach any
definite or satisfactory conclusion. The
attempts made to locate responsibility
for many alleged defects of system,
attempts conducted by persons without
prejudice, have served only to bewil—
der the searchers. Every staff officer
upon whom criticism has fallen is able
to explain away the charges against
him, and the commission which Secre-
tary Alger'has asked for will probably
be affiliated a.~,spectacle of endless shif—
ting (of, responsibility and blame until
the my igators retire in bewilder-
mentxtqu , . - . . ;,
The onlyhopepof substantial results
is thatgfthe disclosures of the inquiry
will lead to needed reforms of: system.
Lieutenant General J. M. Schofleld,
ber of a. commission to investigate the
army when the president appoints one.
He is regarded as the most experienc-
ed and best. qualified. of [army officers
likely to be chosen for this‘duty. It is '
probable that an officer of the judge
advocate general’s department will be
selected to act- as recorder. ‘It is deem-
ed- that such an officer will bring out,
technical facts better than a. lawyer
taken from civil life. For this duty
Judge Advocate GeneralLieber is spo-
ken of.
If General Miles is- preserving a sl—
Ience in regard to the controversy, his
associates are not so discreet. The of—
ficers who returned to . Washington
with him are outspoken in their criti-
cism of prominent men at the war
department, and Adjutant Gen. Corbin
comes in for a large share of their cen-
sure.
If one may judge of General Miles’s
sentiments from the-remarks of his
staff officers and others of his Porto
Rico party, there/will be no abatement
of the fight- _ ~:'
An additional cause for grievance
among the Miles-men develops in their
interviews here. They point out that
General Shatter was repeatedly and
promptly praised by- Secretary- Alger
and the president, and that General
Merritt and Rear Admiral Dewey'have
been congratulated upon every-occa-
sion, while GeneraL Miles and his oili-
cers have gone so far' without a sign
of appreciation fromthe authorities.
Secretary Alger, on leavingDetroit,
will visit Lexington, Chickamauga,
Huntsville- and Jacksonville.» He will
be joined at Cincinnati by Surgeon
General Sternberg and Quartermaster
General Ludington, who will accom-
pany Secretary Alger on his tour of
inspection.
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Alger‘s Request Granted. .
Washington, Sept. 10.—The president
has decided to appoint a commissi
to investigate the war departmen .
General Schofield and ex-Senato‘l‘ John
R. Gordon of Georgia have been asked
Ga., .-ept. 10.-—A telegram
from President McKinley was received
to-day by the family of General John
'8. Gordon asking the general to ac-
cept-a position as a member of "A
commission to examine into the con-
duct of the commissary and medical
departments of the army in the recent
war with Spain."
The specific object of the commission
is stated in the telegram to be an ex-
amination into the commissary, quar-
termaster and medical bureaus of the
war department and into the extent,
causes and treatment of sickness int
the fields and the camps.
General Gordon is at Reynolds, Ga...
and inaccessible. ‘
Atlanta.
Ocean House Burned.
Newport, R. 1., Sept. 10.—The Ocean
house, the biggest hotel here, was
burned-to the ground yesterday after-
noon and the Casino was badly dam-
aged by lire.
So far as known no lives were lost,
and nobody was hurt.
The blaze started in one of the up-
per floors of the Ocean house. a great
frame building on Bellevue avenue. The
cause has not yet been ascertained.
About one hundred persons were
staying at the Ocean house. None of
them had time to save any of their
our-s
, Hal} Callie Arrivas.
New York. Sept. 10.——I-Iall Caine,_
whose weird novels, analytical of near-
ly every human emotion, “The Manx-
man," "‘The Deemster," “The Bond-
man,” and “The Christian,” have given
him a. wide audience in America, was.
among the passengers on the Campania.
which arrived yesterday.
Mr. Caine comes to supervise the
preparations for‘ the presentation of
the play built out of his latest story.
“The Christian,” at, the Empire thea—
tre, with Miss Viola. Allen in the lead-
ing role.
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